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electricity is not the only reason we dam rivers, millions of acres of agriculture is irrigated via damning and diverting rivers
by jazzyjackson 5y ago
electricity is not the only reason we dam rivers, millions of acres of agriculture is irrigated via damning and diverting rivers
- liketochill 5y agoAnd flood control
- kajecounterhack 5y agoI guess irrigation can be "damning" to rivers :) Jokes aside, everything's a tradeoff and while flood control / irrigation is helpful to farmers, it can also introduce a resiliency problem in quake zones, since a dam breakage can cause devastating floods. Actually, it doesn't even have to be an earthquake. Exhibit A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam_crisis
- numtel 5y agoWhich is why emerging precision fermentation technologies for starches and proteins are very important so that land used for agriculture can be rewilded.